Cy Acosta vs. Brian Anderson — Career Comparison

Cy Acosta
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brian Anderson
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brian Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Cy Acosta as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cy Acosta led in run prevention (ERA+ 134 vs 94), home run suppression (HR9+ 106 vs 71), and strikeout rate (K%+ 90 vs 66). Brian Anderson held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 186 vs 101). Role difference aside, Cy Acosta holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Cy Acosta and Brian Anderson

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.18
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.48
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.48
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.7
49.7
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.31
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.66
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
814
4.74
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
6.92
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1743
10.14
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.73
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
1.54
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.73
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
1.96
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.16
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
4.21
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
768
37.16
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6532
38
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.58
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.15
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
906
5.27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.29
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.35
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.9
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.345
1.345
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.03
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6063
35.27
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38

Fielding Stats for Cy Acosta and Brian Anderson

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.17
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.44
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.01
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
1.82
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.5
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.37
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.3
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
2.26
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.58
95.58
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Acosta and Brian Anderson

Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
9171.43
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
308
641.67
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
600
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
531.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
72.92
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
54.17
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.42
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.75
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.25
17.19
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
102.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
89.58
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
31.25
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
20.83
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
50
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.73
5.7
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
14.58
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
118.75
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.05
5.05
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
45.83
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Cy Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.42
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Cy Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100